Automobile license-certificate holder



Sept. 11, 1928. 1,683,645

0. E. ABBEY AUTOMOBILE LICENSE CERTIFICATE HOLDER Filed July 20, 1927 Z/7-" i V/ 1 i I l i i 1 0.

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UNITED STATES ORVILLE E. ABBEY,

or connme, Iowa;

AUTOMOBILE LICENSE-CERTIFICATE HOLDER.

Application filed July 20,

This invention relates to a device for holding automobile licensecertificates, which are required by certain States to be carried 1n thevehicle.

6 The primary object of the present invention is to provide a holder ofthe above kind which is simple in construction and inexpensive tomanufacture, and which may be conveniently mounted on the vehiclewithout marring or damaging the body of the latter.

A further object is to provide a holder of the above kind including acontainer for the license certificate, and suspension means for thecontainer which may be conveniently connected to the vehicle withoutmarring or damaging the'latter, the container being detachably connectedwith the suspension means so that the container can be convenientlyremoved from and connected to the suspension means when occasion sorequires.

Other objects will become apparent as the nature of the invention isbetter understood. and the same consists in the novel form, combinationand arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in theac companyin drawing and claimed.

In the c rawing, wherein like reference characters indicatecorresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of an automobile licensecertificate holder constructed in accordance with the present invention;v

Figure 2 is a rear elevational view thereof;

Figure 3 is an enlarged horizontal section on line 3-3 of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical section on line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the present license certificateholder includes a container in the nature of a card case or envelope andhaving a body portion formed from an elongated rectangular sheet offiexible material such as cloth or leather, said sheet being foldedintermediate its ends as at 5 upon a transverse vertical fold line toprovide similar front and back walls 6 and 7 which are suitably securedtogether along their upper and lower edges by stitching or the like asat 8. A flexible non-metallic card case is thus formed closed at one endat the fold 5 and open at the opposite end for the ready insertion andremoval of the license certificate 9. The front wall 6 of the containeror card case is rovided nearer the lower edge thereof witli a relativelylarge 1927. Serial No. 207,298.

rectangular opening as at 10 which is covered by a transparent sheet 11of celluloid or the like that is disposed at the inner side of the frontwall 6 and has its margin secured to the latter about the opening 10, bymeans of adhesive or the like. In this way, a display window is providedthrough which the printed matter on the license certificate card may bereadily seen or read. A rectangular stiffening and reinforcing sheet 12,of pasteboard or the like, is applied and secured to the inner face ofthe back wall 7 by means of adhesive or the like, said stiffening andreinforcing sheet being of approximately the same size as the back wall7 as clearly shown in Figures 3 and 4.

A pair of spaced horizontally aligned and inverted key-hole slots 13 areprovided in the upper portion of the back Wall 7 and its stiffenlng andreinforcing sheet 12, and the enlarged lower ends of thesekey-hole-slots 13 are preferably of rectangular form as shown. Thesuspension means consists of a plurality of similar vacuum cups whichform what may be termed suction attaching elements, and each of saidcups consists of a hollow semi-spherical body portion 14 formed on itsouter side with a square neck 15 which terminates in a square head 16 ofgreater area than the neck 15. The cups are formed of resilientmaterial, and the necks 15 are of such size as to substantially engagethe side walls of the upper reduced portions of the key-hole slots -13,so that when the suction attaching elements are mounted in position, theheads 16 will overlap the portions of the wall 7 and sheet 12 atopposite sides of said reduced upper ends of the slots 13 as shownclearly in Figure 3. The enlarged lower ends of the slots 13 are of asize to permit of the passage of the heads 16, and after the heads havebeen passed through the lower ends of the slots 13, the cups are shiftedupwardly so as to be effectively connected to the container or cardcase. It is thus apparent that the suction cups or body portions 14 ofthe suspension elements may be readily applied to a part of the vehicle,such as the instrument or dash board, without marring or damaging thelatter.

The suspension or suction attaching elements detachably connect theholder with the vehicle body so that the holder can be removed therefromwhen desired, and the engagement of the suspension or suction attachingelements in the key-hole slots 13 detachably connect the 'container orcard case with the suspension or suction attaching elements so that thecontainer or card case can be disconnected without necessitating thedisconnecting of the suspension or suction attaching elements from thevehicle body, if desired. It will be further seen that access can be hadto they license certificate in a convenient manner when occasion sorequires, and without requiring detachment of the holder from thevehicle or detachment of the container from the suspension elements.

Minor changes may be 'made without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is An automobile license certificate holdercomprising a flat flexible envelope adaptedto receive a licensecertificate and having a transparent sheet of material in the frontthereof through which the certificate is visible, said envelope beingopen at one side and having a pair of spaced inverted key-hole slots inthe upper portion of the back wall thereof, a pair of vacuum cupsdetachably mounted in the slots of said envelope and providing suctionmeans for detachably connecting the envelope to a support, and astiffening sheet applied to the inner face of said back wall and havingkey-hole slots formed therein conforming to and registered with thefirst named slots.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ORVILLE E. ABBEY.

